Whalen Dillon
May 7, 2015
New in a population, or new but rapidly increasing
46 wildland host species - 5 key host tree species
“when disease epidemics are driven by transmission from an alternate reservoir host population”
– Power & Mitchell (2004) Pathogen spillover in disease epidemics
A common characteristic of multihost disease systems
Individual(s) that disproportionately contribute to disease transmission
– potential mechanism for pathogen spillover